One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36113

Fragment of a letter about sending solidi, mentioning the chartularius Kyros TM 36113unbekanntVI - VII

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Fragment of a Christian-era letter in which the writer reports having sent gold coins (solidi) to the addressee, mentioning the son of Kyros, a venerable chartularius. The address on the back, to a learned and honoured person, is from someone whose name begins Bas[…]. It dates to the 6th-7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] † […] I sent the solidi to your brotherly [learnedness] […] […] of the son of Kyros the venerable chartularius […] […] … kept by those from the […] [… ? lines lost …] [verso] […] … to the most wise, all-renowned learnedness, superior (?), from Bas[…]

"Learnedness" (paideusis) is an honorific form of address typical of late antique letters, often used for lawyers or scholastikoi. A chartularius was a records or finance official.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.iand.6.133

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI - VII

[r] † […]νομίσματα ἔπεμψα τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀδελφικῇ παιδεύσει[…] […] υἱοῦ Κύρου τοῦ αἰδεσίμου χαρτουλαρίου[…] […]… φυλαττομένη παρὰ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] […]… σοφωτάτῃ πανευφήμῳ παιδεύσει κρείττονι παρὰ Βας[…]